New
York, NY – Highlights from the March 2004 meeting of
the AKC Delegates as follows:
·
Four new member clubs were elected. They are: the Lima Kennel
Club (OH), Miniature Bull Terrier Club of America, the Otterhound
Club of America, and the Spinone Club of America.
·
The Delegates elected the following three Directors for the
AKC Board Class of 2008: Dr. Thomas M. Davies, Walter F. Goodman,
Ronald H. Menaker.
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The Delegates adopted the following amendments:
v Article
XV, Section 4 of the AKC Bylaws was amended to provide that
AKC may give its clubs permission to hold certain non-AKC
Purebred Dog Events.
v Chapter
3, Section 7 of the Rules Applying to Registration was amended
to provide for a one-time change in the name of dogs under
very specific conditions so that it would not affect AKC’s
registration or event records.
Chapter
3, Section 22 of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows was amended
to have the Miscellaneous Class parallel championship competition
with breed classes and interbreed competition.
